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Change a file's Attributes? (System, Readonly, Hidden, Archive, etc)

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Change a file's Attributes? (System, Readonly, Hidden, Archive, etc)

by  wgcs  Posted    (Edited  )
Just use the WinApi function SetFileAttributes;
However, be careful to get the current attributes first, so that you can preserve any attributes you're not changing!

Code:
* Example use:

* If EXE is already Hidden, make it read only, but not System:
IF 'H' $ GetFileAttr( 'C:\MyDir\MyApp.exe' )
  * Make EXE read only:
  SetFileAttr( 'C:\MyDir\MyApp.exe', 'Rs' )
ENDIF


PROCEDURE SetFileAttr( pcFile, pcAttr )
* Author: William GC Steinford 2003
* Takes a file and a list of attributes to change on the file, and does the change
*
* pcFile  : either just the file name or the full path to the file.
*           Either way, the full path will be resolved using FULLPATH()
* pcAttrs : a list of attributes to change on the file
*           if the attribute character is Uppercase it will be turned on,
*             Lowercase, it will be turned off, 
*             Not listed, it will be left alone.
*           a,A - Archive
*           s,S - System
*           h,H - Hidden
*           r,R - Read Only
*           i,I - Not Content-Indexed
*           t,T - Temporary Storage (try to keep in memory)
*           N   - Normal (clear all other attributes)

*!*	BOOL SetFileAttributes(
*!*	  LPCTSTR lpFileName,      // file name
*!*	  DWORD dwFileAttributes   // attributes
*!*	)
*!*	DWORD GetFileAttributes(
*!*	  LPCTSTR lpFileName   // name of file or directory
*!*	)

#define FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY             0x00000001
#define FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN               0x00000002
#define FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM               0x00000004
#define FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY            0x00000010
#define FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE              0x00000020
#define FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ENCRYPTED            0x00000040
#define FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL               0x00000080
#define FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY            0x00000100
#define FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SPARSE_FILE          0x00000200
#define FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT        0x00000400
#define FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED           0x00000800
#define FILE_ATTRIBUTE_OFFLINE              0x00001000
#define FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_CONTENT_INDEXED  0x00002000

DECLARE INTEGER GetFileAttributes IN kernel32; 
    STRING lpFileName
DECLARE SHORT SetFileAttributes IN kernel32; 
    STRING lpFileName,; 
    INTEGER dwFileAttributes  

LOCAL lcFile, lnAttr, lcAttr, laDir[1]
lcFile = FULLPATH(pcFile)
* File() doesn't see Hidden or system files: if NOT FILE(pcFile)
IF adir(laDir,lcFile,'DHS')=0
  RETURN .F.
endif
lcAttr = upper(pcAttr)

if 'N' $ pcAttr
  * "NORMAL" must be used alone.
  lnRes = SetFileAttributes(lcFile,FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL)
  RETURN (lnRes<>0)
endif

lnAttr = GetFileAttributes( lcFile )
* These attributes Can't be set using SetFileAttributes:
lnAttr = BitAnd( lnAttr, BitNot( FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED ;
     + FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY + FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ENCRYPTED ;
     + FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT ;
     + FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SPARSE_FILE ) )
if 'A' $ lcAttr
  if 'A' $ pcAttr
    lnAttr = BitOr( lnAttr, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE )
  else
    lnAttr = BitAnd( lnAttr, BitNot(FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE) )
  endif
endif
if 'R' $ lcAttr
  if 'R' $ pcAttr
    lnAttr = BitOr( lnAttr, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY )
  else
    lnAttr = BitAnd( lnAttr, BitNot(FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY) )
  endif
endif
if 'H' $ lcAttr
  if 'H' $ pcAttr
    lnAttr = BitOr( lnAttr, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN )
  else
    lnAttr = BitAnd( lnAttr, BitNot(FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN) )
  endif
endif
if 'S' $ lcAttr
  if 'S' $ pcAttr
    lnAttr = BitOr( lnAttr, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM )
  else
    lnAttr = BitAnd( lnAttr, BitNot(FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM) )
  endif
endif
if 'I' $ lcAttr
  if 'I' $ pcAttr
    lnAttr = BitOr( lnAttr, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_CONTENT_INDEXED )
  else
    lnAttr = BitAnd( lnAttr, BitNot(FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_CONTENT_INDEXED) )
  endif
endif
if 'T' $ lcAttr
  if 'S' $ pcAttr
    lnAttr = BitOr( lnAttr, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY )
  else
    lnAttr = BitAnd( lnAttr, BitNot(FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY) )
  endif
endif
if 'N' $ lcAttr
  lnAttr = iif('N'$pcAttr, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, lnAttr )
endif

lnRes = SetFileAttributes(lcFile,lnAttr)
RETURN (lnRes<>0)

FUNCTION GetFileAttrib( tcFName )
*GetFileAttrib( cFName ) Return the File Attributes (RSHA)
*!*	DWORD GetFileAttributes(
*!*	  LPCTSTR lpFileName   // name of file or directory
*!*	)
  DECLARE LONG GetFileAttributes IN Win32Api AS util_GetFileAttributes ;
    STRING LPCTSTR_lpFileName 
  LOCAL lnAttr, lcAttr
  lnAttr = util_GetFileAttributes( tcFName )
  CLEAR DLLS util_GetFileAttributes
  if lnAttr=0xFFFF
    RETURN 'error'
  ENDIF
  lcAttr = iif( BITAND(lnAttr,util_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY )>0, 'R', ' ) ;
		 + iif( BITAND(lnAttr,util_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN   )>0, 'H', ' ) ;
		 + iif( BITAND(lnAttr,util_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM   )>0, 'S', ' ) ;
		 + iif( BITAND(lnAttr,util_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE  )>0, 'A', ' ) ;
		 + iif( BITAND(lnAttr,util_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)>0, 'D', ' )
  RETURN lcAttr
ENDFUNC
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